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Sr. Eileen M. Fagan

Faculty Name:Sr. Eileen M. Fagan, PhD

Designation

  • Chair
  • Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Education Qualification

  • PhD, Fordham University
  • MA, Fordham University
  • MS, Yeshiva University
  • BA, University of Mount Saint Vincent

Contact Email

eileen.fagan@umsv.edu

Areas of Interest

  • Economic justice in Catholic social teaching
  • Common good and environmental justice
  • Liberation theology in the twenty-first century
  • Laity of Vatican II
  • Inclusiveness of women in the Catholic Church
  • Women and religion
  • Moral theology and immigration reform
  • Moral theology and the market place

Courses

  • RELS 208 Core: The Life of Faith
  • RELS 327 Modern Catholic Thinkers
  • RELS 305 Understanding the Bible
  • RELS 350 The Roman Catholic Church
  • RELS 370 Catholic Social Teaching
  • RELS 404 Religion and Social Justice
  • RELS 416 Saint, Yesterday and Today
  • RELS 429 Evil, Suffering, and God

Professional Associations

  • American Academy of Religion
  • Catholic Theological Society of America
  • College Theology Society
  • Society of Christian Ethics

Award

Scholarship form the Council of Independent Colleges for Seminar: “Teaching Interfaith Understanding,” Harvard University, Massachusetts, July 2014.

Conference Presentations and Invited Talks

  • “Interruptions and Encounters: Theologies of Johann Baptist Metz and Pope Francis in Dialogue.” College Theology Society, June 2017.
  • “Is the Environment a Social Justice Issue?” Chaired the Social Justice Conference, University of Mount Saint Vincent, April 2017.
  • “An Ethic of Development: The Bridge to an Economy of Life.” Catholic Social Teaching Conference, University of Notre Dame, March 2017.
  • “Who Are ‘We the People’”: January Presidential Election? Panel Presentation, University of Mount Saint Vincent, February 2017.
  • “Liturgy and Empowerment: Rooted in a Table of Justice.” College Theology Society, June 2016.
  • “Study Program in Rome for Theologians: A View from a Participant.” College Theology Society, May 2015.
  • “Pope Francis as Theologian” Panel Presentation on the First Anniversary of the Election of Pope Francis. University of Mount Saint Vincent, March 20, 2014.
  • “Celebration of Vatican II.” Invited Lecturer for the Parish Adult Education Program of Saint Margaret, September 23, 2013.
  • “The Mount, the Church, and Social Justice.” Fall Forum, University of Mount Saint Vincent, October 22, 2009.
  •  “Church of Martyrdom: A Contemporary Interpretation According to Jon Sobrino,” Catholic Theological Society of America, June 2008.
  • “Incarnation: The Road to Martyrdom.” Rivier College Symposium: Commemoration and Legacy of the Central American Martyrs, June 2005.
  • Respondent to three papers. Religions, Social Conflict, and Peace Consultation Section. American Academy of Religion, November 2004.
  • “Mysticism and Political Holiness: Jon Sobrino’s Christology.” College Theology Society, June 2002.
  • “Allowing the Waters of Hope and Liberation to Flow: A Contemporary Interpretation of Martyrdom.” Catholic Theological Society of America, June 2001.

Publications

Books

  • An Interpretation of Evangelization: Jon Sobrino’s Christology and Ecclesiology in Dialogue (Rev. Diss). Bethesda, MD: International Scholars Press, 1998.
  • Foreword to Pillars of Catholic Social Teachings: A Brief Social Catechism, by Perry Roets, SJ, Bethesda, MD: International Scholars Press, 1999.

Articles

  • “Interruptions and Encounters: Theologies of Johann Baptist Metz and Pope Francis in Dialogue.” College Theology Society Annual Volume, Forthcoming.
  • With Alfred R. D’Anca. “Drug Courts and Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges for a Retributive Age. Catholic Social Science Review. Annual Volume 21, 2016.
  • Moral Imagination and Prophetic Witness: Women Religious Congregations in a World of Globalization.” God Has Begun a Great Work in Us: Embodied Love in Consecrated Life and Ecclesial Movements. College Theology Society, Annual Volume 60, 2014.

Book Reviews

  • Thirteen Book Reviews for Religious Studies Review, 1999−2007.
  • Three Book Reviews for http://CatholicBooksReview.org, Adelphi University, 2003–2006.
  • Living the Magnificat: Affirming Catholicism in a Broken World. Edited by Mark D. Chapman. New York: Mowbray/Continuum, 2007. Book Review for Horizon: The Journal of the College Theology Society, 2006.

Professional Activities

  • Convener and Moderator of the Jon Sobrino Group, Annual Convention of CTSA, 2008.
  • Moderator of the Mission Theology Group, Annual Convention of CTSA, 2006.
  • Steering Committee Member, Women’s Constructive Seminar, CTSA, 2002−2010.